How Save-On-Foods surpassed its food waste reduction goals and set a new standard for sustainability in the grocery industry
And supports over 3,000 hunger-relief organizations and hobby farmers in the process....
16 August, 2023
Retail Food Recovery Program
A day with CityReach (and their bees!)
The FoodMesh team paid CityReach Care Society a visit, and enjoyed a tour of its rooftop beehives while they were at it....
04 July, 2023
How Fresh St. Market’s partnership with Surrey-based charity is changing peoples’ lives
Since Fresh. St Market in Fleetwood Park Village partnered with VISHWA, it has helped provide approximately 50,230 meals to people as a result, some as far afield as Boston Bar....
13 March, 2023
IGA of BC donates 1 million meals to vulnerable people in our communities
IGA of BC has donated the equivalent of 1 million meals to 160 hunger-relief organizations since its partnership with FoodMesh began in April 2020. ...
02 November, 2022
Fresh St. Market donates 1 million meals to people in need
Since FoodMesh and Fresh St. Market joined forces in April 2020, its seven stores have collectively donated the equivalent of 1 million meals to 117 charities across the province...
11 October, 2022
How the circular economy can make the world better
In the latest issue of 'Make The World Better' magazine, which shines a light on how the circular economy is writing a new ending for waste, Jessica Regan talks about how organizations wanting to take a stand against food waste can get started....
04 October, 2022
Most Canadians worry about surging grocery bill, nearly half want help cutting waste: Survey
In this Vancouver Sun story, Jessica Regan talks about how FoodMesh is trying to change peoples' perception that unsalable food is no longer edible...
28 September, 2022
Local FoodMesh program continues with great work out of Kindersley
Buy-Low Foods and FoodMesh are working together in Kindersley to ensure that their unsold food is going onto the plates of people in need. West Central Online reports. ...
18 August, 2022
“Mooooore please!”
We went to Langley to pay a visit to farmer Steven and his five rescued steers, to see how they're enjoying today's haul of donations from Save-On-Foods....
12 August, 2022
Turning recovered food into restaurant-quality meals for people in need
How A Better Life Foundation uses recovered food to create better lives for residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside...
22 June, 2022
Watch now! Cooking class with Theresa Contois using rescued food
For Stop Food Waste Day, see how Theresa Contois from Cedar Feast House Catering transforms rescued food into a delicious beef bourguignon...
27 April, 2022
North Okanagan wants higher rates to keep commercial food waste away from landfills
Beginning next year it will cost a lot more for large grocers and food processors to bring food waste to RDNO landfills. Global News reports on how FoodMesh can help those retailers divert their unsalable food away from landfill to charities first, farmers second. ...
23 April, 2022
FoodMesh network now rescuing 1 million meals per month
It's official. The organizations we work with are collectively rescuing the equivalent of 1 million meals every month, through both the Retail Food Recovery Program and B2B Marketplace. ...
13 April, 2022
Loaves and Fishes/FoodMesh continue to help those in need
WestCentralOnline reports on the extraordinary impact Loaves and Fishes' work with FoodMesh has had on people in Kindersley and surrounding communities...
08 April, 2022
Do you have animals to feed?
Find out how you can get a supply of fresh food donations from your local retailer to use as animal feed (they come highly recommended by Ernest, the pot-bellied pig)...
06 April, 2022
How Save-On-Foods is helping North Vancouver farm animals live long and healthy lives
Maplewood Farm's 76 animals now get to enjoy fresh produce from its local Save-On-Foods, thanks to this new partnership...
15 March, 2022
Food recovery program helps support Creston Food Bank and reduce waste
Creston Valley Advance reports on how FoodMesh's Retail Food Recovery Program has helped Creston Food Bank and Save-On-Foods save thousands of kilograms of food from the landfill...
14 March, 2022
Tell us how we’re doing!
If you're working with us on the Retail Food Recovery Program, we want to hear from you! What are we doing well? What’s not working so well? Do you have suggestions for things we could be doing better?...
02 March, 2022
How donations for 25 turned into meals for 700
The Launching Pad Addiction Rehabilitation Society's partnership with FoodMesh has grown from feeding 25 residents to 700 community members. Find out how. ...
02 February, 2022
A day with Friends in Need Food Bank
Nikki takes us behind the scenes of an organization that has rescued the equivalent of more than 1 million meals...
28 January, 2022